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Road repairs and resurfacing schemes get £1m boost

A record-breaking £8.1m is set to be spent tackling repairs on even more roads across the city.

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Swansea Council has approved an additional investment of £1m to tackle repairs on even more roads across the city. The extra funding is on top of £600,000 more for roads announced in May.

Among the first to benefit are regular users of the B4295 at Penclawdd where resurfacing work of a stretch near Pont-y-Cob Road is due to be resurfaced.

Andrew Stevens, Cabinet Member for Environment and Infrastructure, said: "In March, we approved a significant amount of our annual budget towards highway repairs for 2024/25.

 "Roads earmarked for repairs during the next twelve months have been prioritised as part of our rolling five-year highway asset programme.

 "The extra money we have now approved will take the investment on Highways infrastructure for this year to more than £8.1m and will ensure we can also deal with roads damaged by wet weather and also dedicate more money to creating drop-kerbs where necessary."

He added: "This extra investment is part of our commitment to keeping Swansea on the move. Road improvements support residents to get out and about while at the same time boost the local economy and regeneration in our city."

The programme of extra improvements is being finalised now and will be in addition to more than nine kilometres of road fully resurfaced last year, including Pentrepoeth Road, Morriston, and Gorwydd Road, Gowerton. 

More than 7,500 potholes were also filled in 2023/24 with almost all of them repaired within the 48hr repair pledge made by the Council.

Some of the overall budget for 2024/25 has already been put to good use with a number of key routes in the city benefitting from full resurfacing work. Roads include Cockett Road, Llwynmawr Road - Tycoch and a section of the A483 Penllergaer.

 Cllr Stevens, added: "Our highways maintenance teams are continuing to tackle the worst sections of road in the city, working through the night in most cases to reduce disruption to motorists.

 "The reality of maintaining roads, not just in Swansea, but around the country, is there is never enough money to tackle everything that needs attention. We try to balance maintenance work on roads assessed as being in the worst condition with more cost effective preventative treatments. 

 "Motorists and residents in Swansea can also do their bit by reporting road defects to us so we can consider appropriate repairs. Our pledge to fill potholes within 48hrs is regularly above 95% and teams have done excellent work, responding to the requests by residents."

 "The pot holes teams will also respond where roads require resurfacing and will make the road as safe as practicable while the resurfacing is being planned."

You can report a pothole here: www.swansea.gov.uk/reportpothole

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Last modified on 24 July 2024